WHO Digital Health Guidelines: a milestone for global health

In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the first-ever evidence-based guidelines for digital health. The guideline provides nine recommendations on select digital health interventions that involve the use of a mobile phone or device. It also provides information on implementation consi...

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Autores principales: Alain Labrique, Smisha Agarwal, Tigest Tamrat, Garrett Mehl
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b68809d27e3d4b099fccc561aff371a52021-12-02T18:33:53ZWHO Digital Health Guidelines: a milestone for global health10.1038/s41746-020-00330-22398-6352https://doaj.org/article/b68809d27e3d4b099fccc561aff371a52020-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-020-00330-2https://doaj.org/toc/2398-6352In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the first-ever evidence-based guidelines for digital health. The guideline provides nine recommendations on select digital health interventions that involve the use of a mobile phone or device. It also provides information on implementation considerations, quality and certainty of extant evidence, factors related to acceptability and feasibility of the intervention, and gaps in the evidence that can inform future research. Given the pivotal role digital health can play in supporting health systems, seen especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, these guidelines can help provide a roadmap for governments and policymakers in introducing and scaling up digital health interventions to support population health outcomes.Alain LabriqueSmisha AgarwalTigest TamratGarrett MehlNature PortfolioarticleComputer applications to medicine. Medical informaticsR858-859.7ENnpj Digital Medicine, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2020)
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Garrett Mehl
WHO Digital Health Guidelines: a milestone for global health
description In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the first-ever evidence-based guidelines for digital health. The guideline provides nine recommendations on select digital health interventions that involve the use of a mobile phone or device. It also provides information on implementation considerations, quality and certainty of extant evidence, factors related to acceptability and feasibility of the intervention, and gaps in the evidence that can inform future research. Given the pivotal role digital health can play in supporting health systems, seen especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, these guidelines can help provide a roadmap for governments and policymakers in introducing and scaling up digital health interventions to support population health outcomes.
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